HomeHuu Tuan Nguyen has been fairly quiet, not winning big ones unlike when the field was much bigger. However he just claimed a couple of pots and his stack is now at average of 1.4m.
The first pot saw cutoff Sim Kok Wai raised to 90k, sb Mark Gruendemann called, bb Tuan shoved his 825k stack. This sent Wai tanking for some time that led to a fold. Gruendemann folded as well. Tuan said “It’s the first time I went all in.”
Three hands after, utg Alex Lee raised to 100k and bb Tuan defended. At the flop 9♠ Q♣ 3♦, Tuan check-called a 115k bet by Lee. On the J♦ turn, same action with Tuan check-calling a 180k bet. Then on the river 5♣, Tuan checked and this time Lee checked back. Tuan grimaced as he opened K♣ 10♠ nuts straight. He was probably thinking he should have value bet the river.
